Environmental education in New Zealand schools: Research into current practice and future possibilities

Rachel Bolstad, Bronwen Cowie and Chris Eames

This research, presented in four volumes, looks at current practice in environmental education in New Zealand schools using a range of methods:

• key findings from each of the research components [vol. 1]
• a literature review of national and international practice [vol. 2]
• a national survey of schools [vol. 3]
• eight case studies looking at schools/kura where environmental education is a strong focus [vol. 4]

NZCER and University of Waikato, for the Ministry of Education, 2004
ISBN: 0-478-18768-8

Read the Environmental education executive summary [pdf file 27 KB]
Download the Environmental education reports  [from the Ministry of Education website]